Implementation body to mediate in Aer Lingus dispute
Both sides were asked to give their viewpoint on Programme for Continuous Improvement (PCI-07), which will see reduction in workers’ overall pay packets, restrictions on overtime and trimmed holidays.
Both the company and unions remained tight-lipped after the talks so as not to influence the deliberations, which are expected to yield a recommendation before the end of the week. However, sources have indicated the NIB’s intervention may have been doomed to rhetoric before yesterday given the intransigence that both sides are exhibiting. Last month, the company initiated a freeze on pay increases of 7.5% due to workers under both the social partnership agreement Towards 2016 and annual increments unless staff accepted the cost-saving package.
